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Can’t Smell These Items? You Might Have COVID-19

Losing your sense of smell is known to be one of the most common COVID-19 indicators. According to a New York Times article, more than 87 percent of coronavirus infected patients experienced…

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2. Coffee

Who doesn’t love the scent of coffee in the morning? I feel bad for the people that can’t feel the smell. If you’re one of those people that can’t feel the strong coffee aroma in the morning then maybe it’s time to get tested for COVID-19.

According to Proteus Duxbury, former chief technology officer for the Colorado health insurance exchange, who contracted COVID-19 in March, coffee helped him understand that he’s positive for the virus, before getting tested.

He told Kaiser Health News that even though he didn’t experience cough, headache fever, or shortness of breath, what he found very weird was the fact that everything tasted like cardboard. He figured it out when he made a cup of coffee in the morning and when he tasted it, he felt nothing.

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